Sentence examples for has assumed almost from inspiring English sources

Since then, Herod has assumed almost sole responsibility for the Cambodian-Americans.

In the United States, though, her work is so rarely seen that she has assumed almost mythical status.

As they learn routes that were previously Holmes's domain, Sanchez has assumed almost a coaching role, guiding them, teaching them, reminding them that "the most important thing is to be in the right spot at the right time".

PATHAUT has assumed almost legendary status in the world of occupational respiratory disease research, thanks to iconic researchers such as JC Wagner and his fellow workers, who, using the early guises of the autopsy service, described the first ever autopsy cases of mesothelioma (11) and progressive massive fibrosis among coalworkers (12).

This cat had assumed almost mythical status, and was purported to have survived only due to fate or a couple of remarkable strokes of luck: the island on which it had been marooned contained a freshwater pond, as well as the carcass of a deer that had apparently lacked either the cat's good fortune or its survival skills.

The right knee, which was the more severely affected, was treated for five weeks with the result that it had assumed almost normal appearance, while the left knee remained constant.

Since last year, the counterinsurgency doctrine championed by those now leading the campaign has assumed an almost unchallenged supremacy in the ranks of the American military's career officers.

Jonathan Franzen's gruelling writing regime - to which his ex-wife Valerie Cornell subjected herself for years - has assumed an almost apocryphal quality.

The Cotswold farmhouse where I lived from the age of eight to 11 has assumed an almost mystical quality, often appearing in my dreams.

In the process, N.Y.U.'s math department, which has long ranked among the top in the nation, along with those at Princeton, Harvard and Berkeley, has assumed an almost cultlike status.

For a long time now, almost everybody has assumed that, because of the New Deal's social legislation and — more important — the prosperity we have enjoyed since 1940, mass poverty no longer exists in this country.